Noah Kahan Asks Fans to Stop Stealing Hometown Road Sign: ‘Total Disrespect’

Noah Kahan is asking fans to stop stealing a street sign in his Vermont hometown popularized by his song “The View Between Villages.”

The singer made the request on social media, writing, “To fans traveling to the upper valley, I’ve been informed that the Alger Brook Road sign in Strafford has been repeatedly stolen. It is a total disrespect to the folks who live on that road and a headache for the town to deal with.”

It’s unclear how many times fans have snagged the Alger Brook Road sign — immortalized in “The View Between Villages” lyric, “Past Alger Brook Road, I’m over the bridge/A minute from home, but I feel so far from it” — but apparently it’s become a nuisance, so much so that Kahan has even offered to “pay for any replacements” until a permanent solution is found.

“I hate that because I put the road name in a song that some people have taken that as an invitation to disrupt the lives of the hardworking and kind folks who frequent it,” Kahan continued in an Instagram story. “I’m really sorry you’re dealing with this.”

Kahan also asked his fan community, which has “grown much larger” over the past few years, to please respect his family’s privacy. “I feel I should again remind you all about how deeply protective I am over my family’s privacy, and of the sanctuary of where I am from,” Kahan wrote. “Please don’t disturb these places or people.”

In Kahan’s recent Rolling Stone cover story, the singer talked about returning to Vermont to write his new album The Great Divide. ““Coming here made it seem like I was making music as a hobby again, which was how I always did it,” he said. “I couldn’t get back to myself in the same exact way. I knew that that was over. But this allowed me that middle ground.”